Nancy Pelosi Quotes

Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi is the 60th and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Before being elected Speaker in the 110th Congress, she was the House Minority Leader from 2003 to 2007, holding the post during the 108th and 109th Congresses. A member of the Democratic Party, Pelosi has represented the 8th Congressional District of California, which consists of four-fifths of the City and County of San Francisco, since 1987. The district was numbered as the 5th during Pelosi's first three terms in the House. Pelosi is the first female Speaker of the House. She is also the first Californian and first Italian-American to hold the post. As Speaker, Pelosi is second in the line of presidential succession, following Vice President Joe Biden, which makes her the highest-ranking female politician in American history.

Nancy Pelosi Info

The outcome of the election does not diminish the work we have done for the American people. We must all strive to find common ground to support the middle class, create jobs, reduce the deficit and move our nation forward.

— Nancy Pelosi after the Republicans seized control of the House in the 2010 US Midterm elections / November 02, 2010

We’re for preserving Social Security, tax cuts for the middle class, and making it in America, as contrasted with Republicans who want to privatize Social Security, tax cuts for the wealthy, send jobs overseas.

— Nancy Pelosi predicts Democrats would emerge victorious in the mid-term elections in November / September 14, 2010

Our message is we’re fighting for the middle class and we are not going back to the failed policies of the Bush administration.

— Nancy Pelosi predicts Democrats would emerge victorious in the mid-term elections in November / September 14, 2010

Last summer, was a tough summer, And our members saved the health care bill.

— Nancy Pelosi saying people will support the Democrats in the midterm elections because of the health care bill / September 14, 2010

That’s a new dynamic in politics that could undermine our democracy. But it’s a reality and we’re not whining about it. We intend to win. No whining. Just go out there and win. And again, we have the candidates. We have the candidates, we have the issues. We fought for the American people.

— Nancy Pelosi predicts that Democrats would hold majority in the November midterm elections / September 14, 2010

The American people have to choose between a candidate who’s there to represent the table in the board room or the kitchen table in American homes. Whose interests are you here to protect? We believe that the people’s interests should prevail.

— Nancy Pelosi predicts that Democrats would hold majority in the November midterm elections / September 14, 2010